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MIT Libraries host visitors from China
During July, the MIT Libraries were pleased to host 30 librarians through a program sponsored by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the Chinese Librarians...
Gardner Museum free to MIT community
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, one of Boston’s most iconic and unique art destinations, is now free for MIT students, staff and faculty. An...
Welcome Émilie, Madame Newton
The MIT Libraries now have a rare book acquisitions fund, and our initial purchase is a knockout. There is only one complete French translation...
Isfahan (Iran) Urban History Project archives arrive at AKDC@MIT
The Aga Khan Documentation Center has received the Isfahan Urban History Project archive from the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada). The project documents the...
FASTR Act for public access to research passes first hurdle in Senate
On July 29th, a US Senate panel approved the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, a bill that would require the...
Sources of big data for social sciences
This talk reviews emerging big data sources for social scientific analysis and explores the challenges these present. Many of these sources pose distinct challenges...
AKDC donates books to university in Morocco
As a result of the sudden and tragic death of Melanie Michaildis (Ph.D., AKPIA MIT 2007) in 2013, Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT...
NIH, NOAA, USDA release public access plans
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released their Public...